“An aerial photo is being widely shared on Facebook and Twitter with claims of the turnout of crowds in Bharatiya Janata Party’s rally in Cooch Behar, West Bengal. But we found it has no connection to BJP or India.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 10 Apr 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 10 April 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 April 2019, 8 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/Namoagain23/photos/a.576757582793978/611745912628478/?type=3&the…
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/search/?q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9…
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/kh3061958/status/1118386502143283200
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/CHuNnUK40425477/status/1115519002300694528
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.